Gillian Cooke brings the curtain down on Scotland's National School Sport Week

By Nick Clowes, Sportsbeat

WINTER OLYMPICS star Gillian Cooke ensured the curtain came down on Bank of Scotland's National School Sport Week in style in Aberdeen on Friday.

STAR OF THE SHOW: World bobsleigh champion Gillian Cooke lent a hand in Aberdeen as the curtain came down on National School Sport Week in Scotland (SNSpix)

Current World bobsleigh champion Cooke was on hand to witness over 150 Aberdeen youngsters enjoy a mini-Olympics complete with opening and closing ceremonies hosted by St Machar Academy.

The week-long event has seen over 700 schools across the country involved. Friday saw predominantly primary seven pupils taking part in activities ranging from sprint relays to tug of war.

And Cooke - who has also competed in the Commonwealth Games in the long jump - admitted she had been left impressed with the action-packed day.

"It's been a fantastic day," said Cooke - also the current Scottish indoor long jump record holder.  "The kids have really had a great doing all the different events and I was really impressed."

The health benefits and enjoyment of sport in general were the theme of day five of the week-long event with Bank of Scotland research highlighting that "keeping fit and healthy" (68 percent) and "finding a sport I like" (60 percent) some of the main reasons for children to be involved in sport.

And sportscotland partnership manager for the Grampian Region Robbie Stewart believed events at St Machar Academy epitomised the goals for the week as a whole.